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  • Stirling to host Armed Forces Day 2014

    The city of Stirling in Scotland has been announced as the host of next year's Armed Forces Day.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The RAF's first female Air Vice-Marshal

    Elaine West has become the first woman to be promoted to Air Vice-Marshal within the RAF.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MOD to sell iconic Whitehall property

    The MOD's Old War Office building in Whitehall is now surplus to requirements and is to be sold in order to invest in Defence priorities.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Task Force Helmand HQ leaves Lashkar Gah

    The headquarters of UK military forces in Afghanistan has moved from Lashkar Gah to Camp Bastion in an early morning helicopter operation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Navy seizes multi-million-pound cocaine haul

    The crew of a Royal Navy warship has seized a massive 680-kilogram stash of cocaine with an estimated street value of £100 million.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • AFPRB 2012 report: MOD statement

    Written ministerial statement by Secretary of Defence Philip Hammond announcing the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body's 2012 report.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tributes paid to Admiral Woodward

    Tributes have been paid to Sir John 'Sandy' Woodward, who has died aged 81.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Outgoing Chief of the Defence Staff honoured at farewell ceremony

    Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards formally handed over to his successor General Sir Nicholas Houghton today, 18 July.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 7th Armoured Brigade to deploy to Afghanistan

    The Defence Secretary has announced that 7th Armoured Brigade will lead the next group of UK Armed Forces personnel deployed to Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Libyan Armed Forces to be trained in UK

    The Foreign Secretary has confirmed that up to 2,000 personnel from the Libyan Armed Forces are to be trained in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Plans for future Reserve Forces unveiled

    The government's plans to sustain and grow the UK's Reserve Forces have been published today, 3 July 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Spending Round 2013 for MOD

    The Defence Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff have issued statements following the Chancellor's Spending Round 2013 announcement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army personnel informed of redundancies

    Army personnel will today, 18 June, be notified if they have been selected for the third tranche of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Afghans take security lead across Afghanistan

    NATO-led forces have formally handed over the last of Afghanistan's 95 districts to Afghan security forces.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Relocation of UK military HQ in Afghanistan

    The headquarters of British forces deployed in Afghanistan is set to move from Lashkar Gah to Camp Bastion this summer.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MOD contract rules changes could save £200 million a year

    New proposals could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds by changing the rules which govern how MOD contracts are awarded.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New routes for talented ex-armed forces personnel to become teachers

    The Troops to Teachers graduate and non-graduate programmes were launched today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Transfer of detainees to Afghan custody to resume

    The MOD intends to restart the transfer of detainees captured by UK forces into the Afghan judicial system.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statement on Afghanistan: locally engaged staff redundancy scheme

    Written Ministerial Statement

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Packages for locally engaged staff in Afghanistan

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced the redundancy options available for the UK's locally engaged staff in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government